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- From guest Flicka (contact)
I did not understand it, until my english teacher explained it to me. This is the kind of world we are living in know. Whenever he wrote this poem he must of ben seeeing a vision of the future. Today it makes perfect sence. Don't you think
Read more →I did not understand it, until my english teacher explained it to me. This is the kind of world we are living in know. Whenever he wrote this poem he must of ben seeeing a vision of the future. Today it makes perfect sence. Don't you think
BermudaHighway - I think this has to be sardonic. He's not talking about utopia, he's talking about Big Brother. Nature and technology are two contrasting ideals. One succeeds at the other's expense. So, I figure when he's describing them as joined peacefully, especially in such an uncharacteristically maudlin fashion, he's doing so with a half-grin and the knowledge that such a future could never exist. Being seen as kin to wild animals is not a good thing in Brautigan's view, nor is being watched over by "loving" machines, a.k.a. the powers that be.. which is happening, (i.e. the Patriot Act.)
Read more → - From guest Christian (contact)
Is it a longing for something he fears we'll never see? Machines take the place of gods. I don't think the poem contains much actual hope for the utopia it describes. It's wistful, even desperate.
Read more →Is it a longing for something he fears we'll never see? Machines take the place of gods. I don't think the poem contains much actual hope for the utopia it describes. It's wistful, even desperate.
- From guest David Werner (contact)
Richard had a prophetic vision about technology and nature. Our task is to meld technology and nature in a way that makes technology "machines that watch over us with loving grace." That's how it's turning out, and the task is to make those machines (whether computers or nuclear power plants) serve the needs of humans in conformance with nature.
Read more →Richard had a prophetic vision about technology and nature. Our task is to meld technology and nature in a way that makes technology "machines that watch over us with loving grace." That's how it's turning out, and the task is to make those machines (whether computers or nuclear power plants) serve the needs of humans in conformance with nature.
Richard Brautigan Follow
Born on January 30th, 1935 in Tacoma, Washington, little is known of his childhood but it is rumored it was a troubled one.
Read more → Somewhere around 1955-1958, Richard moved to San Francisco, California and became involved in the Beat Movement.
In 1959, Lay the Marble Tea was published (his first published book?). This was a collection of 24 poems.
In the late 1960's, Brautigan began to gain popularity and during this time, published several of his most popular works (Trout Fishing in America, All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace, etc.). During 1966-67, he served as the poet-in-residence at California Institute of Technology.
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